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Sideloading on mobile

claudiuslollarius edited this page Aug 10, 2017 · 1 revision

Pre-requirements

This should not be necessary in most cases, as Windows 10 has sideloading enabled by default

  • Go to Settings > Update & Security > For Developers
  • Select "Sideload apps"

Sideloading settings

Instructions

App packages can be installed simply by double clicking the app package file, just like you would with a traditional program's installer file. To use this, simply navigate to your app package (.appx) or app bundle (.appxbundle) file, and tap it.

Appx package icon

Windows will ask if you want to install the app: choose yes and give it some time. It can take 20 seconds or more for the app to install and show up in the app list and there's no indication of progress.

App installer window

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